WTF is Gut Health?

You might be thinking, "𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳?"⁣

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Simply put, your gut health is referring to the beneficial and harmful bacteria in your gut, aka your 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐞!⁣

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Your microbiome is as unique as your fingerprint. (cool, eh?)⁣

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In order to achieve "good" gut health, you want to have a higher ratio of beneficial bacterial. Yep, we rely on these guys to keep us healthy!⁣

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So what happens when your gut health isn't great?⁣

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- 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘈𝘬𝘢 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.⁣

- 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. (𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮)⁣

- 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺.⁣

- 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.⁣

- 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴.⁣

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You didn't realize your gut played such a big role in your overall health, did you?⁣

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Now let's talk about how you build up your badass army of healthy gut bacteria!⁣

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𝟷. 𝘌𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰 𝘷𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴! 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥?⁣

𝟸. 𝘎𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 - 𝟸𝟻-𝟹𝟾𝘨 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘍𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 (𝘯𝘰𝘮, 𝘯𝘰𝘮, 𝘯𝘰𝘮)⁣

𝟹. 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 = 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵-𝘴𝘰-𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯. 𝘒𝘪𝘮𝘤𝘩𝘪, 𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘵, 𝘬𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘢, 𝘦𝘵𝘤... 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵!⁣

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Finally, let's not forget about some of the most basic, yet essential ways to optimize not only your gut health but your health as a whole:⁣

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- 𝘘𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱⁣

- 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵⁣

- 𝘏𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯⁣

- 𝘌𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴 (𝟾𝟶/𝟸𝟶 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦)⁣

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Have you been prioritizing your gut health?⁣

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Let me know what you learned below!